2021 European Karate Championships
# 2021 European Karate Championships

The 2021 European Karate Championships was the 56th edition of the European Karate Championships and 3rd European Para Karate Championships, and was held in Poreč, Croatia from 19 to 23 May 2021.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Croatia)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Turkey | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Greece | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Serbia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | Croatia* | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | France | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Medalists

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Kata | Ali Sofuoğlu Turkey | Damián Quintero Spain | Yuki Ujihara Switzerland |
| Kata | Ali Sofuoğlu Turkey | Damián Quintero Spain | Mattia Busato Italy |
| Team kata | Turkey Emre Vefa Göktaş Enes Özdemir Ali Sofuoğlu | Spain Sergio Galán Alejandro Manzana Raúl Martín | Italy Gianluca Gallo Alessandro Iodice Giuseppe Panagia |
| Team kata | Turkey Emre Vefa Göktaş Enes Özdemir Ali Sofuoğlu | Spain Sergio Galán Alejandro Manzana Raúl Martín | Russia Maksim Ksenofontov Mehman Rzaev Emil Skovorodnikov |
| Kumite −60 kg | Eray Şamdan Turkey | Kalvis Kalniņš Latvia | Iurik Ogannisian Russia |
| Kumite −60 kg | Eray Şamdan Turkey | Kalvis Kalniņš Latvia | Christos-Stefanos Xenos Greece |
| Kumite −67 kg | Dionysios Xenos Greece | Evgeny Plakhutin Russia | Stefan Pokorny Austria |
| Kumite −67 kg | Dionysios Xenos Greece | Evgeny Plakhutin Russia | Steven Da Costa France |
| Kumite −75 kg | Stanislav Horuna Ukraine | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Noah Bitsch Germany |
| Kumite −75 kg | Stanislav Horuna Ukraine | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Enes Garibović Croatia |
| Kumite −84 kg | Uğur Aktaş Turkey | Panah Abdullayev Azerbaijan | Michele Martina Italy |
| Kumite −84 kg | Uğur Aktaş Turkey | Panah Abdullayev Azerbaijan | Adi Gyurík Slovakia |
| Kumite +84 kg | Jonathan Horne Germany | Slobodan Bitević Serbia | Herolind Nishevci Kosovo |
| Kumite +84 kg | Jonathan Horne Germany | Slobodan Bitević Serbia | Georgios Tzanos Greece |
| Team kumite | Croatia Enes Garibović Anđelo Kvesić Ivan Kvesić Ivan Martinac Ante Mrvičić Karlo Raguž Zvonimir Živković | Montenegro Nenad Dulović Andrija Fatić Mario Hodžić Nikola Malović Balša Miličković Predrag Smolović | Ukraine Valerii Chobotar Stanislav Horuna Ihor Lahunov Ryzvan Talibov Andrii Toroshanko Kostiantyn Tsymbal Andrii Zaplitnyi |
| Team kumite | Croatia Enes Garibović Anđelo Kvesić Ivan Kvesić Ivan Martinac Ante Mrvičić Karlo Raguž Zvonimir Živković | Montenegro Nenad Dulović Andrija Fatić Mario Hodžić Nikola Malović Balša Miličković Predrag Smolović | Azerbaijan Panah Abdullayev Tural Aghalarzade Rafael Aghayev Asiman Gurbanli Rafiz Hasanov Turgut Hasanov Aykhan Mamayev |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Kata | Sandra Sánchez Spain | Dilara Bozan Turkey | Viviana Bottaro Italy |
| Kata | Sandra Sánchez Spain | Dilara Bozan Turkey | Veronika Mišková Czech Republic |
| Team kata | Italy Carola Casale Terryana D'Onofrio Michela Pezzetti | Spain Marta García Lidia Rodríguez Raquel Roy | Portugal Mariana Belo Ana Cruz Patrícia Esparteiro |
| Team kata | Italy Carola Casale Terryana D'Onofrio Michela Pezzetti | Spain Marta García Lidia Rodríguez Raquel Roy | France Lætitia Feracci Louise Frieh Laura Pieri |
| Kumite −50 kg | Serap Özçelik Turkey | Shara Hubrich Germany | Alexandra Recchia France |
| Kumite −50 kg | Serap Özçelik Turkey | Shara Hubrich Germany | Kateryna Kryva Ukraine |
| Kumite −55 kg | Anna Chernysheva Russia | Jana Messerschmidt Germany | Jelena Maksimović Montenegro |
| Kumite −55 kg | Anna Chernysheva Russia | Jana Messerschmidt Germany | Irina Sharykhina Belarus |
| Kumite −61 kg | Jovana Preković Serbia | Anita Serogina Ukraine | Ingrida Suchánková Slovakia |
| Kumite −61 kg | Jovana Preković Serbia | Anita Serogina Ukraine | Leïla Heurtault France |
| Kumite −68 kg | Irina Zaretska Azerbaijan | Vasiliki Panetsidou Greece | Eda Eltemur Turkey |
| Kumite −68 kg | Irina Zaretska Azerbaijan | Vasiliki Panetsidou Greece | Katrine Pedersen Denmark |
| Kumite +68 kg | Meltem Hocaoğlu Turkey | Aleksandra Stubleva Bulgaria | Eleni Chatziliadou Greece |
| Kumite +68 kg | Meltem Hocaoğlu Turkey | Aleksandra Stubleva Bulgaria | Ramona Brüderlin Switzerland |
| Team kumite | Germany Shara Hubrich Johanna Kneer Jana Messerschmidt Anna Miggou | Turkey Merve Çoban Gülsen Demirtürk Eda Eltemur Meltem Hocaoğlu | Italy Lorena Busà Clio Ferracuti Alessandra Mangiacapra Silvia Semeraro |
| Team kumite | Germany Shara Hubrich Johanna Kneer Jana Messerschmidt Anna Miggou | Turkey Merve Çoban Gülsen Demirtürk Eda Eltemur Meltem Hocaoğlu | Croatia Ana Lenard Lucija Lesjak Lea Vukoja Mia Greta Zorko |

## Participating nations

513 athletes from 47 nations competed.

* Albania (6)
* Armenia (8)
* Austria (11)
* Azerbaijan (15)
* Belarus (12)
* Belgium (11)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (15)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Croatia (16)
* Cyprus (10)
* Czech Republic (12)
* Denmark (10)
* England (7)
* Estonia (3)
* Finland (11)
* France (16)
* Georgia (5)
* Germany (15)
* Greece (13)
* Hungary (13)
* Ireland (2)
* Israel (7)
* Italy (16)
* Kosovo (14)
* Latvia (13)
* Liechtenstein (2)
* Lithuania (8)
* Luxembourg (8)
* Moldova (1)
* Montenegro (15)
* Netherlands (11)
* North Macedonia (15)
* Norway (5)
* Poland (16)
* Portugal (16)
* Romania (14)
* Russia (16)
* San Marino (2)
* Scotland (3)
* Serbia (15)
* Slovakia (16)
* Slovenia (14)
* Spain (16)
* Sweden (10)
* Switzerland (12)
* Turkey (15)
* Ukraine (14)

## Para-Karate

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's K-10 | Dorin Alexe Romania | Alexei Nurkenov Russia | Sahib Ahadov Azerbaijan |
| Men's K-10 | Dorin Alexe Romania | Alexei Nurkenov Russia | Valeriy Trofimov Russia |
| Men's K-21 | Ruiz Carlos Huertas Spain | János Csatári Hungary | Albert Singer Germany |
| Men's K-21 | Ruiz Carlos Huertas Spain | János Csatári Hungary | Antonio Pereira Portugal |
| Men's K-22 | Víctor Manuel Arevalo Spain | João Estrela Azevedo Portugal | Boris Kasumović Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Men's K-22 | Víctor Manuel Arevalo Spain | João Estrela Azevedo Portugal | Marvin Nöltge Germany |
| Men's K-30 | Juan Antonio Fuentes Spain | Vicente Yangüez Santalla Spain | Eldar Ahmadov Azerbaijan |
| Men's K-30 | Juan Antonio Fuentes Spain | Vicente Yangüez Santalla Spain | Volodymyr Turko Ukraine |
| Women's K-10 | Emiliya Mitlinova Azerbaijan | Karmen Vask Estonia | None awarded |
| Women's K-21 | Olívia Kákosy Hungary | Lucía Sánchez Rosado Spain | Nina Fell Germany |
| Women's K-22 | María De León Lopez Spain | Diandra Bekčić Slovenia | Daniela Topic Croatia |
| Women's K-22 | María De León Lopez Spain | Diandra Bekčić Slovenia | Tijana Stamenović Serbia |
| Women's K-30 | Isabel Fernandez Jimenez Spain | Knarik Airapetian Ukraine | Nina Portolan Serbia |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Croatia)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Croatia* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 8 | 8 | 13 | 29 |

### Participating nations

49 athletes from 16 nations competed.

* Azerbaijan (5)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Croatia (4)
* Estonia (1)
* Georgia (2)
* Germany (4)
* Hungary (3)
* Kosovo (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (9)
* Serbia (2)
* Slovenia (1)
* Spain (8)
* Ukraine (4)
